robbob
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| $1000 player or dac recommendation Ditto on the DAC suggestion. You'll have better sound and more options in the long run. Rob | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 In a few weeks I'll have the chance to listen and compare the Minimax plus to the Rega and W4S 2. It'll need to break in for a while though.Meanwhile....The Rega continues to break in and improve....the closest I've heard a DAC sound to analogue..... | |
| Mac Mini vs. CDP? Thanks for all the answers and comments.I'm about to add memory and possibly try some hi res stuff.Rob | |
| Decent budget Blu-Ray PS3....the elegant solution.Rob | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 Perhaps...in relation to the Rega, Centrance and EE, I should modify the observation as the W4S being brighter. The unit was the brightest of the units I heard. My merlin/Manley system is quite good at extracting detail, but I would not ever call ... | |
| Mac Mini vs. CDP? After comparing hi-res files to standard CD's I'm not a convert. As far as I've been led to understand the only limitation of the Rega USB is the fact that it's held to redbook resolution, which is not a limitation at all.I still may try a convert... | |
| Mac Mini vs. CDP? Larry, much thanks!Next week I'll boost the memory of the Mac and try the guide's suggestions. At this point I'm glad I spent some time with the tweaks as I was initially surprised and unhappy with how the Mac Mini sounded. Now it's another ballga... | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 I listened to the EE Minimax in the owner's system along with the Centrance. While the EE is a fine DAC we both liked the Centrance better. There has been no tube rolling and in fact we felt it sounded best with the tube switched out. The Centranc... | |
| Mac Mini vs. CDP? Buconero, I've never read anything on the web with that account. I also experimented with my big Imac and results are identical. But I stayed up late and did some research and tweaking....here are the results.I re-ripped the files with error corre... | |
| Mac Mini vs. CDP? I'd like to add that the Mac Mini/rega combo sounds really good....But so far I prefer the Oppo CDP/rega combo. I have little knowledge on optimizing settings on the Mac Mini/Itunes and any suggestions would be most appreciated!Rob | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 Looks like the New Rega Apollo R should be available quite soon!http://www.whathifi.com/news/manchester-show-2011-rega-previews-apollo-r-playerI'll be ordering one to partner with the Rega DAC. Glad I waited on the transport.Rob | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 Tubegroover...I can't disagree with anything you've written! As I said, any component could easily change the presentation. Then there's always the chance that you may prefer how the EE sounds on my Merlins and find the Rega too lean. Rob | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 Hi, MrTennis...As I said, nothing definitive should be derived from my review. This is what I heard with my system. I've heard plenty of great gear sound less than great in certain systems and the owner of the EE has no issues at all with it in hi... | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 Nonoise, I really like the Centrance and the glare that I spoke of was only evident a couple of times. A swap of cables or more burn in (it only had about 100 hours on it) might easily eliminate the issue. The Rega also had some glare, especially ... | |
| Rega DAC vs. EE Minimax vs. Centrance vs. W4S 2 Tubegroover,The sense of "thickness" was quite subtle. It was mainly effecting vocals and rendering them less real sounding to our ears, a sort of tubby quality. As I mentioned before I heard this same issue with my previous system which was based... |